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Work 4 Peace,Hold All Life Sacred,Eliminate Violence! This is my often neglected blog mostly about my travels across country in my mobile billboard truck as I attempt to engage in dialogue with people in hopes to wake us up and inspire action to change our country and communities and selves. And it is froth with my opinions, insights, analyses toward that end of holding all life sacred, dismantling the empire and eliminating violence while creating the society and life we want

Friday, January 21, 2011

70th Joiyssey: Driving thru Africa???

I have a great audience this morning, that of course I turn into folks I teach and folks I put to work - my "hands-on classroom"!

My new friend and solar expert Guillermo has kindly lowered an extension cord from his balcony to my truck, enabling me to have electricity today! So I can pump the oil through filters and into the tank! YEAH!

This is after he lowers a hose so I can finally fill my water tanks! More YEAHS!!!!

I'm ready to work! I change my clothes, lay down my blanket, take all the containers of oil out of the back of the truck and line them up, liberate my pump, filters and hoses and begin to add clean (I HOPE) veggie oil to my tank.

The police, who hang out on this block, come over to ask about what in the world I am doing.

Everyone is so very interested, very pleased and proud, and soon there are passers-by watching as well. I really get to practice my Spanish!

I am surprised and thrilled when the tank FILLS with the oil I have collected here, sin Mango's! Tomorrow, I will attempt again to collect the 100 liters of oil there - we'll see!

One of the guys who drives by parks his little red truck because he is so interested in finding out more. He turns out to be a concert promoter who travels to various countries. He tells me he has spent many months in Africa driving from Zimbabwe to South Africa!

Who knew such a thing was possible! Something to think about for my 70th b'day, eh?

Struggles in Acapulco

I will probably need new batteries, although it's not yet for certain, but if I do, it's close to $1000, which represents three months of my Joiyssey.

And a sale I made through ebay, a large sale, is probably going to fall through, representing two months of my Joiyssey...

Living without electricity is one thing. We'll see.

I have many gallons of used veggie oil to filter today - and I have a friend, Guillermo my great solar guy, who is letting me use his electricity for the pump AND is going to fill my water tanks, like Yarida, Victoria, and Alicia did in Los Mochis!

Batteries, Panels, Inverter????

About Me

i'm now a 67, almost 68 (who am I kidding almost fuckin 70!!!) yr old (still with a golden age pass to get into national parks FREE) jewish lesbian anti-racist mother - and grandmother - striving radical womonist/feminist; daughter & granddaughter of survivors of the holocaust, mother of a young amazon healer & amazing human being, lover of wimmin & student of conscious living............even tho i am the one actually driving the truck, i could not even head out from home if it were not for the support of many, many, many wimmin (and several men as well). i am now working on trying to publish my book "But What Can I Do? A Handbook for change: myself, my community, my country. I still continue to offer Racism Awareness workshops geared for White people, NO DRONES workshops, and any other that is needed. if you want to help support this journey, email me!